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Published on: October 15, 2019
Design of an efficient uranyl ion optical sensor based on
Meherorang Ghaedi1, Javad Tashkhourian2, Morteza Montazerozohori1
1Chemistry Department, Yasouj University, 75918-74831 Yasouj, Iran.
Abstract:
A new optical uranyl (IV) selective sensor by incorporation of 1,1'-2,2'-(1,2-phenylene)bis(ethene-2,1-diyl)dinaphthalen-2-ol (PBED), dibutyl phthalate (DBP) and sodium tetraphenylborate (Na-TPB) in the plasticized poly vinyl chloride membrane matrices has been constructed. In the proposed optode, PBED functions as both ionophore and chromoionophore while DBP has synergistic effect on the complexation of uranyl ion (UO22+) by PBED. Following the optimization of influences of variables, the proposed sensor due to its high stability, reproducibility and relatively long lifetime has good selectivity and sensitivity for uranyl ion over a large number of alkali, alkaline earth, transition, and heavy metal ions. The response of the proposed optode is linear over the concentration range of 3.99×10-6 up to 8.06×10-5molL-1 of UO22+ within a detection limit of 9.99×10-7molL-1 and response time less than 10min. The proposed optical sensor was applied successfully for the determination and evaluation of UO22+ ion content in water samples.
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